(1) The funds
necessary for the effectual exercise by the Authority of the powers conferred
and the duties imposed by this Act consist of —
(a)
moneys from time to time appropriated by Parliament; and
(b) the
proceeds of the disposal of or dealing with any land, natural resource or
other property that the Authority is authorised to effect under this Act; and
(c)
moneys from time to time derived by the Authority from the management of any
land or property; and
(d) the
proceeds of investment of any moneys standing to the credit of the Authority
under the provisions of section 44; and
(e)
gifts, devises, bequests or other moneys falling to be controlled by the
Authority; and
(f) the
moneys that immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this Act were
standing to the credit of the account kept at the Treasury under the
provisions of section 35 of the repealed Act; and
(g) any
other moneys lawfully received by, made available to, or payable to the
Authority.
(2) An agency special
purpose account called the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Account is
established under section 16 of the Financial Management Act 2006 to which the
moneys referred to in subsection (1) are to be credited.
(3) All expenditure
incurred by the Authority, for the purpose of giving effect to this Act, shall
be charged to the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Account.
(4) If in any year the
whole of the annual sum appropriated by Parliament for the purpose of the
Authority is not expended, the unexpended balance shall be retained by the
Authority and expended in the performance of the duties of the Authority in
any subsequent year.
[Section 43 amended: No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 28
of 2006 s. 348; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 1(5).]